Kilted Motorcycle Ride

[SexyButler]

Cool story. Thanks for posing it Al!

Well to each his own I guess, I have to go with acstoon on this one.

I had a bad motorcycle accident in 1991, totaled my bike and myself in a few ways. I always rode in full gear (leather or denim at the very minimum) and thank God I did. I'd not have walked away from it.
I cringe when I see bikers helmet-less or skin exposed. But, we are all grown ups and can make our own choices for our own reasons.
Wanna ride kilted, have at it. Be safe.

[Raphael]

At least the riders were wearing boots and knee pads.

[Nick the DSM]

motorcycles + kilt = ouch

[threebanger]

I wear a helmet because my wife insists. That has something to do with not wearing one when she got a phone call from a stranger who found me in a ditch telling her the ambulance was on the way... But she doesn't insist on any other safety equipment. I don't know why that is.

I wear a leather jacket, boots, and jeans usually. Although when it gets hot I leave the jacket at home. It's all about YOUR acceptable level of risk. In my case my wife's acceptable level of risk for me...

We're all willing to take a certain amount of chances that something bad will happen no matter what we do. I'd rather risk a kilted motorcycle ride where my own caution, skill and abilities usually have some effect over the outcome rather than chances some take every day.

My $.02...worth almost what you paid for it. I'll get some pics when I get around to riding kilted. I'll probably even wear my helmet!!

[Buckskin]

OK, I'm curious, how many of you do ride? How many are close enought to Sturgis KY, to make that ralley in late July?

[Rex_Tremende]

This subject seems to come up periodically.

I don't ride (yet) but it does look like fun to me, even if it is insane.

Regards,
Rex.

[walkerk]

Thanks for the link. Interesting photos. Wouldn't you know they ended up at Zeitgeist. ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/zeitgeist-san-francisco )

[Dirk Skene]

Riding a motorcycle kilted could be tricky. I ride a Vespa. With the stepthrough frame & front panel it is easier.

[Nick the DSM]

i dont think it would be smart to do it.

[greenguzzi]

That does look cool. I'm tempted to say that I would do it. But a good friend of mine (a former cop, and a fellow motorcyclist) would lecture me for hours if he heard that I was thinking of doing such a thing.

One of my motorcycles is a maxi-scooter, which as Dirk pointed out is a bit more practical for kilted riding than a conventional motorcycle. If used with "modesty closures" the rider might even be able to remain modest!

I also have a motorcycle with sidecar. Which would probably be the only way I would actually ride whilst kilted. (If you come-off whilst riding a sidecar rig, then things have already gone very very bad, so you are probably going to die anyway.)